Winter has set in, and with it, bleh. There’s just something about the short days, the darkness — I need HAPPY to offset it. How about this: I recently pounced on a few rolls of 1970s (I believe) vintage wallpaper. One of those super whimsical designs showing various illustrated characters taking baths in their Victorian-revival bathrooms, all hinting naked, hence the “risque” in my headline. These make me so happy — and I want to send some happy your way too! Above: George with his cat. [Mystery for all times: Who was George?] I gave each character a name as I was scanning, so’s I could make sure I got them all.

Above: Lady with her cat. Dig the wallpaper… and the towel… and the 1920s style sink (that you can still get today). In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a revival in renovating Victorian houses, and often, they were done in a neo-Victorian-meets-hippy style like this.

Above: Lady with paisley rug.

The thing about this wallpaper is that the characters and interiors are sort of … 1960s Danish Modern meets Marimekko meets Gemma Toccogna. I’ve never seen a neo-Victorian novelty illustration bathroom wallpaper with characters and interiors like this. The mashup is just wonderful.

Above: Freckled lady, but then I looked closer and see it’s really Lady laying in the bathtub with shower running.

The paper was made by Vicoa, Inc. of Eatontown, N.J. There are 2.5 rolls — enough, I think, to re-wallpaper my bathroom — for its third look — when it needs it again. Meanwhile, the rolls will go into my stockpile aka museum aka … hoard. Sigh.

WE HAD THIS! It was installed in the bathroom my sister and I shared when our new house was built in 1973. The burnt orange accents matched the burnt orange shag carpet that was throughout the house including the bathrooms. I remember it clearly and once tried to search for it online with no success. I never knew the spec for it nor had any photos of the bathroom so it was all in my head. I’m smiling from ear to ear. Thank you!

I grew up with this wallpaper too – it was in our main bath. I was a naughty kid and drew the missing anatomy on the people in the space between the tub and the toilet so my mom wouldn’t find out!
This made me so happy to find it online – it’s so hard to explain to folks who had boring wallpaper growing up!

I have the same (but different) wallpaper on my bathroom wall. I love it, but it’s falling down. I found a roll years ago. I’m not sure where. I was determined to use it. I’ve been looking for it forever, but I want to redo my wall. My grandchildren love it.
Mine is all pink ad black. The same guy in the tub reading, and the girl in the shower. There is a cat in the bathroom floor and a large from. There is also a girl on the beach with two birds.